4.1% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Jobs & Industry in Remote Australia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher proportions of full-time workers live in Remote Australia compared to most other areas. While 68.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall number of adults working or looking for work has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The typical worker is more likely to be in full-time employment here than in the rest of Australia, where the figure is 58.9%. While 59.9% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate of 4.1% is lower than most areas.
59.9% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 85% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 68.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Jobs are concentrated in primary industries, with 18.3% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and another 16.2% in mining.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19%, followed by technicians and trades at 15% and labourers at 13.9%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA33/remote-australia/topic/employment